Kabul, April 12, 2010, SPA -- International troops opened fire on a civilian bus early Monday in a southern Afghan city, killing four people and wounding 18, the local governor's spokesman said. The governor's spokesman, Zelmai Ayubi, said the shooting occurred soon after daybreak and that international troops took 12 of the wounded to a military hospital. The Associated Press quoted Ayubi as saying that the provincial government strongly condemned the shooting. NATO spokesman Mst. Sgt. Jeff Loftin said the alliance had dispatched a team to the scene to investigate. He said the local command in Kandahar had no further information on what happened. --SPA 11:29 LOCAL TIME 08:29 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/768679